Here are my standouts from the Giants’ first fully padded practice in Detroit against the Lions. Quarterback Eli Manning: Sometimes, the obvious answer is the right answer. Eli Manning was fantastic. Passes didn’t hit the ground very often when Manning was under center. From the start of his day throwing during one-on-ones, up until the…

The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent highly-touted right-hander Shane Baz to the Tampa Bay Rays as the player to be named later in the Chris Archer trade. Keith Law ranked Baz the 65th best overall prospect and the No. 3 prospect in the Pirates system. The Rays took Young with the No. 1 pick in 2003.…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on Tuesday, August 14, two days before the Washington Redskins host the Jets in their second preseason game. Talking points The NFL officiating crew of Carl Cheffers visited the Redskins facility over the past couple of days to give their annual rules update seminar to the players, coaches,…

Photo: Stacy Revere (Getty) I had no idea my mom was friends or even acquaintances with Magic Johnson, but I have just learned that she was at the NBA legend’s recent birthday party. Take a look: My mom may not appear in that video, but since she is the only person on earth who owns…

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears are happy to finally have Roquan Smith in training camp after reaching an agreement with the Georgia linebacker following a monthlong holdout. The relief within Halas Hall was palpable on Tuesday afternoon as Smith, the eighth pick in the 2018 NFL draft, participated in his first Bears practice.…

BEREA, Ohio — Dez Bryant’s visit with the Browns is scheduled for Thursday, a league source confirmed for cleveland.com. Cleveland.com had reported that the visit would either be the day before or after the Browns’ second preseason game Friday night against the Bills. Bryant, 29, is one of a number of receivers Browns GM John…

BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns rookie wide receiver Antonio Callaway has had to work hard this past week to earn back the trust and respect of his teammates after being cited for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended driver’s license early last Sunday morning. The fourth-round pick from Florida still has the respect of…

Philadelphia Eagles fans are continuing to celebrate the Super Bowl victory they waited more than a lifetime for. And some fans want their celebration to be seen by New England Patriots fans whenever possible. A Massachusetts-based Eagles fan raised $5,000 on GoFundMe to put up a billboard about a mile outside of the Patriots’ home…

It’s over. After 15 long and grueling days, the Eagles’ 2018 training camp officially came to an end this morning. The work isn’t over, but when they get back to the NovaCare Complex next week, it’ll be more like preparing for regular season games. Today was a light 10-10-10 practice, so it makes observations extremely…

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If you’re looking for 2018 Fantasy Football tips for your draft, you’ll want to know who the riskiest player in every single round is. Every Fantasy Football pick comes with some risk, but the key to winning a championship is minimizing it by avoiding players with extremely high volatility who can sink your roster. This…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on Tuesday, August 14, two days before the Washington Redskins host the Jets in their second preseason game. Talking points The NFL officiating crew of Carl Cheffers visited the Redskins facility over the past couple of days to give their annual rules update seminar to the players, coaches,…

Joe Robbins/Getty Images If the Cleveland Browns manage to win a game during the 2018 regular season, Browns fans in the Cleveland area will get a chance to have a beer on Bud Light. According to Cleveland.com’s Marc Bona, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing, Andy Goeler, announced Tuesday that the company is placing “victory fridges” in…

LATROBE, Pa. — While Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster are clearly the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top two receivers, there’s room for a third guy to emerge. Veterans Justin Hunter and Darrius Heyward-Bey are reliable options. But the Steelers are still learning about second-round rookie James Washington, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wants to see more. “You see…

Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles present new research on a curious cosmic phenomenon known as “whistlers”—very low frequency packets of radio waves that race along magnetic field lines. This first-of-its-kind study, appearing in the Phy…

Police in Michigan say four girls managed to fight off a man who assaulted them over the weekend by throwing hot coffee on him. The girls, ages 11 to 14, were leaving a gas station convenience store in Millington, Michigan, last week when a man grabbed one o…

(Reuters Health) – People who have traumatic brain injuries may be nearly twice as likely to die by suicide as individuals who don’t have a history of injuries like concussions and skull fractures, a large Danish study suggests. Researchers examined data on more than 7.4 million people aged 10 years and older living in Denmark…

The debate over the safety of e-cigarettes continues. A study by British and American researchers has found that atomizing the liquid of electronic cigarettes – something known as vaping – may result in a more toxic effect on cells that protect the respiratory system from infection. The research, published in the Journal Thorax, compared the…

Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post Published 12:35 pm PDT, Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Contraception? Yes, there’s an app for that. And an FDA-approved app at that. Last week, Natural Cycles became the first app approved by the government to prevent pregnancy. The Swedish-based company had been cleared in Europe in 2017 and is an emerging name…

In humans, the most studied tumor suppressor gene, TP53, is mutated in most cases of cancer. When this guardian of the genome stops working, other dangerous mutations accumulate, turning cells screwy. One way elephants protect themselves is by having extra copies of TP53 in their genome — 20 copies, to be exact.

Melia Robinson/Business Insider Some San Francisco streets are so covered in human feces, the city is launching a “Poop Patrol” to clean the mess. The Poop Patrol will ride around the Tenderloin neighborhood in a vehicle equipped with a steam cleaner. San Francisco’s poop problem is a symptom of the housing crisis that has forced…

A Johns Hopkins expert panel of health care providers and patients have announced what is, to their knowledge, the nation’s first set of operation-specific opioid prescribing guidelines. The guidelines are based on the premise that opioid prescribing limits should be based on the operation performed rather than a blanket approach. The ranges offered for each…

A new study says the blue light from your cell phone or tablet could eventually lead to blindness. Researchers from The University of Toledo found that the light can affect cells in your eyes, potentially leading to macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness. Many devices from companies including Apple, Google, and Amazon have blue…

New research on mice shows that endocannabinoids help prevent — or control — intestinal inflammation. These findings suggest that such compounds might serve the same function in humans. Image credits Wolfgang Claussen. Cannabis users have long reported that the drug helps reduce the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). New research published by a team…

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A 21-year-old woman who shot herself in the face in a failed suicide bid has become the youngest person in the US to receive a face transplant. Katie Stubblefield says she doesn’t remember much about the day in March 2014 when she shot herself with a .308-caliber hunting rifle in a bathroom of her Mississippi…

RICHMOND, Va. — New York Jets coach Todd Bowles, who rarely criticizes players publicly, slammed wide receiver Terrelle Pryor on Tuesday for talking to reporters about recent injuries. “Terrelle doesn’t need to be descriptive. I feel that he should keep his mouth shut and leave the injuries to me,” Bowles said after a joint practice…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe car can be seen crashing into a barrier Police are searching three addresses in the Midlands after a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism following a car crash outside Parliament. The 29-year-old British suspect is not believed to be known to MI5 or counter-terrorism police.…

Susana Martinez, the Republican governor of New Mexico, is upset by a judge’s decision to grant bond to five suspects with Atlanta ties accused of using a desert compound to train their children for violence. “Unfortunately, it highlights how extreme the New Mexico Supreme Court has been in dictating pretrial release for all kinds of…

Justin Mateen and Sean Rad want what they say they’re due.Image: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic/getty images By Rachel Kraus2018-08-14 18:58:29 UTC They call it selling out for a reason. On Tuesday, ten Tinder co-founders and early employees filed a lawsuit against the dating app’s overlords, InterActiveCorp (IAC) and Match Group. The plaintiffs, who include co-founders Sean Rad,…

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